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Even though Paradise was riddled with rot, I reckoned I could make it a cleaner place for the poor types who came with the dirty trades. When she took over her grandmother's criminal empire, Paradise, Kitty Peck believed she would be able to run it her own way.

Tony Ross has been illustrating books for over 40 years, and has been published all over the world. He is perhaps best known for his much-loved Little Princess series, which has been adapted for TV and is currently showing on Channel 5s Milkshake, and for his collaboration on David Walliams¿ best-selling children¿s books. Tony¿s books have been shortlisted for the The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (Slug Needs a Hug) and the Kate Greenaway (Dr Xar...

Actually... the Bronte girls got their literary talent from the Carne side, as their Aunt Elizabeth spun wonderfully wild and woolly tales of Cornwall. So there!' Philip Carne / This new book explores the important maternal background of the great literary family. In highlighting the background of their Cornish mother and her family, it provides a major and fresh source of cultural understanding of the Bront¿ milieu. Surprisingly ignored until...

The Bostonians is a brilliant tragicomedy, as fresh and sharp today as when it first appeared. This full critical edition of one of Henry James's most distinctive works will interest researchers, scholars and advanced students of Henry James, and of nineteenth- and twentieth-century British and American fiction and literature.

In Dreams. Scenes from the Archive adds to our understanding of Dennis Hopper's personal vision as an artist by tracing the threads of Hopper's life through photography, and connecting his roles as an actor, husband, father, and photographer. In Dreams eschews Hopper's iconic stand-alone images and instead looks to distill the archive into a connected set of photographs that offer new impressions and stories. Themes emerge, visual rhymes are m...

Gaelic Scotland is one of the world's great treasure-houses of song. This work is an anthology of music and lyrics from the Gaelic-speaking Highlands and Islands. It provides an introduction to Gaelic tradition, musical transcriptions, and English translations. It portrays the social and historical background of the songs.

Actually... the Bronte girls got their literary talent from the Carne side, as their Aunt Elizabeth spun wonderfully wild and woolly tales of Cornwall. So there!' Philip Carne This new book explores the important maternal background of the great literary family. In highlighting the background of their Cornish mother and her family, it provides a major and fresh source of cultural understanding of the Bront¿ milieu. Surprisingly ignored until n...

A mystery series with a literary twist, featuring the Bronte sisters as amateur detectives.

Sarah Lippett is a London-based artist and author. Her first graphic novel, Stan and Nan, was awarded the Quentin Blake prize for best narrative at the Royal College of Art and was published by Jonathan Cape in 2016, becoming an Observer book of the year. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, and Time Out. When she¿s not drawing or writing, she plays bass in the band Fever Dream.

Philippe J. Dubois (Author) Philippe J. Dubois is an ornithologist and writer. He has been passionate about birds since he was a boy, and has travelled the world birdwatching. He is the author of a number of works on climate change and biodiversity and was the head of Delachaux and Niestl¿the oldest nature books publishing house in France.Elise Rousseau (Author) ¿ise Rousseau has degrees in Literature and Philosophy, and is a journalist and au...

No area of law is growing as fast and courting as much controversy as international investment law. Much of this controversy stems from its design, as obligations are placed on host states, but not investors. This book reveals how host states can hold investors accountable for their negligence and misconduct.

A fresh look at Iranian popular culture and women's role within this prior to the 1979 Revolution.

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Deborah is a writer, artistic director, broadcaster and contributing producer on Woman¿s Hour, where she leads special multi-media projects and also presents arts documentaries across Radio 4. She has founded a punk feminist performance group , was included in NME¿s Most Innovative Ever list, and contributes to platforms like the Guardian, Stylist, Elle and more. Deborah will be producing a show at the Soho Theatre to support the publication o...

In this pivotal prequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the heroes of the Resistance-Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn-must fight back from the edge of oblivion.The Resistance is in ruins. In the wake of their harrowing escape from Crait, what was once an army has been reduced to a handful of wounded heroes. Finn, Poe, Rey, Rose, Chewbacca, Leia Organa-their names are famous among the oppressed worlds they fight to liberate....

The new novel from Salley Vickers, bestselling author of The Librarian, available for pre-order now A wonderful novel about four very different grandmothers: Blanche, who can't seem to stop stealing things from the local pharmacy, Minna, who just wants a quiet life in her shepherd's hut, though the local children have other ideas, Cherry, who's adjusting to life in a care home, and Nan, whose favourite occupation is researching funerals - whos...

A shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic.Ruling families - once protectors of justice and democracy - now plot against one another with sharp words and sharper knives. Blinded by ambition, they remain heedless of the threat posed by the invading armies of the Hadari Empire.Yet as Tressia falls, heroes rise.Viktor Akadra is the Republic's champion. A warrior without equal, he hides a secret that would see him burned as a heretic.Josiri Tr...

The first-ever biography of "The Oprah of Afghanistan": refugee, pop singer, and champion of women's rights who continues to fight for change.

Traces the making of Canadian English, both as concept and global variety, throughout the twentieth century to the present.

Your Cisco Networking Academy Course Booklet is designed as a study resource you can easily read, highlight, and review on the go, wherever the Internet is not available or practical: The text is extracted directly, word-for-word, from the online course so you can highlight important points and take notes in the "Your Chapter Notes" section. Headings with the exact page correlations provide a quick reference to the online course for your clas...